12 Sep
2001
12 Sep
'01
7:33 a.m.
It takes quite a bit more than you would expect. Something that you neglect to remember is that the plane that struck the Pentagon was initially headed directly towards the Whitehouse, then executed a high-speed, high-bank turn around DC, lined up on the Pentagon and managed to nose into it at mid-level. I hadn't seen *any* footage at that point - I am in the UK and my normal working day doesn't include TV sets (and of course streaming video reached saturation and vanished long before we even knew anything was happening over here) - and come to think of it, I *still* haven't seen any footage of the
pentagon attack. UK coverage seems limited to the second plane strike, collapse, talking heads, rinse & repeat.....